Between remain and whatever option borisjohnson decides to put to them at this time. Borisjohnson decides to put to them at this time. These are the scenes in hong kong with protesters gathering as the territory continues to be engulfed by huge Anti Government demonstrations. A last ditch effort to save the nuclear deal with iran Senior International diplomats will hold an emergency meeting today. Democrats in the United States have renewed accusations of racism against President Trump after he criticised an African American congressman 15 year old jaden ashman from essex has won nearly a Million Pounds after placing second in the world cup finals of the online game fortnite alongside his dutch team mate. Columbian egan bernal is poised to be the youngest Tour De France winner in more than a century as he has the Yellow Jersey going into todays final stage in paris. Coming up on dateline london at 11 30, Carrie Gracie takes a look minister borisjohnson. The government is now working on
And frenchjournalist nabila ramdan. Welcome to you all. So if the ball comes loose from the back of the scrum, that is a rugby phrase borisjohnson himself once used to talk about the opportunity to become party leader and Prime Minister. The ball came loose, its now in his hands, but there is a lot standing between this player and his try. Parliament has blocked the brexit deal agreed by his predecessor, but nor is parliament prepared to tolerate no deal. The eu says the deal it agreed is not up for renegotiation. The public remain profoundly divided, the pound is weakening. The new Prime Minister is boxed in by unforgiving political and economic realities. A chameleon, a joker, at a moment which demands strategy and execution. And yet, and yet, alex, does this first week of borisjohnson in office suggest that behind the jokers mask there is a steely strategist . I think its been an amazing start. I dont think anyone can deny, whatever you think of boris or the tory agenda, there is a
Hello, good morning. Welcome to bbc news. One of the front runners in the race to become the next prime minister, michael gove, has admitted taking cocaine on several occasions, 20 years ago. In an interview with the daily mail, mr gove said he deeply regretted his actions and insisted it shouldnt rule him out of the contest to succeed theresa may, which begins next week. Our political reporter peter saull explained why mr gove may have decided to talk about his past. His message really in that interview is, judge me on my record in parliament and not what i may or may not have done. Michael gove is clearly one of the front runners in this conservative leadership contest which gets under way this week, with the first round of voting taking place on thursday. He may feel that this is about clearing the decks, so to speak. Putting it out there, past misdemeanours, and i suppose he will still rely on the support of a lot of his colleagues within the conservative party. He does have quite
De silva. And of course, we want to hear your views today. So get in touch, get involved in the show. Email us gb views at gb news. Com. But before all of that is a News Headlines with the wonderful. Ray good morning. Wonderful. Ray good morning. Its 10 01. Im ray wonderful. Ray good morning. Its10 01. Im ray addison in the gb newsroom now top story this hour, one person has died and 54 others have been rescued after their small boat got into difficulty in the channel this morning. Dover lifeboat and morning. Dover lifeboat and several french vessels have been involved in the operation about five miles off the french coast. Ambulances greeted the lifeboat carrying the casualties at dover harbour to treat a number of people on stretchers. Well, joining us now is gb news home and security editor mark white. Mark, good morning. Now, this is just more evidence of how treacherous a journey this can be. Yes good morning. There is no doubt this is a very serious incident that unfolded in the
Aggression by iran against israel and the United States, moving them from tehran to paris. What should we make of the french president s incautious remarks that western states could send Ground Troops to ukraine . In britain and germany rejected the suggestion, while Vladimir Putin said such a move could trigger a nuclear war. What did french voters think . And Elizabeth Moutet from the telegraph will tell us. Whilst neither rishi sunak nor sir keir starmer was a winner last week, the singer songwriter ray lance night won six awards at the brits. Whats the key to success . Finally in the first houn success . Finally in the first hour, well return from our tour of the world to do the rounds of british theatre. Stefan kyrees will bring alive all the productions that are stimulating audiences. And in the second hour well discuss surrealism and the book dune on which the new blockbuster movie is based. New blockbuster movie is based. Before all of that, here are your News Headlines with sa